The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments on the identification of the real effects of financial frictions. We are particularly interested in applied theoretical and empirical work using micro data on the interplay between financial institutions, financial shocks and their...

The goal of the workshop is to bring together, as in previous editions, leading researchers in the estimation of structural microeconometric models on different topics (labor, IO, development,…). Submissions from well-established international researchers as well as promising young scholars in...

This workshop intends to promote the exchange and dissemination of state of the art research in Structural Microeconometrics, including work from a range of fields. Submissions from experienced and well-established international researchers as well as promising young scholars in the field are...

- "Human Capital Around the World” by Barbara Fraumeni (Central University for Finance and Economics, China), - “Human Capital in the Inclsuvie Wealth Report 2017” by Shunsuke Managi (Kyushu University, Japan), - “Conclusions from the UNECE Task Force Guide on Measuring Human Capital”...

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding of developments in the area of income levels, income growth, productivity, poverty and inequality in the Arab world, from an empirical and measurement perspective. The conference will feature sessions dealing with problems and...

This conference will try to address following questions: - How technological progress is influencing structural change in different countries? - How can countries unleash the potential of new technologies to create better jobs for farmers, the self-employed, and workers in the informal sector? -...

Authors are invited to submit original papers addressing areas including, but not limited to, the following: - Promising practices or policies in schools or work places to promote the employability of youth, particularly of less-skilled youth. - Identifying policies or practices that work as...

Program: Keynote Speeches: - David Neumark (Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine, and IZA) "Age Discrimination Laws and Age Discrimination in the United States" - Juan F. Jimeno (Head of the Research Division of the Bank of Spain and IZA) "What/How Dismissal Regulation...

Topics: - recent developments and longer-term trends in labour supply and human capital in Europe; - determinants of human capital investment; - the design and effects of policy measures aimed at fostering labour supply and human capital investment; - the importance of human capital investment...